Trick water-gun.



E. DE MOULIN. TRIGK WATER GUN. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1910.

Patented May `3, 1910.

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ERASTUS DE MOULIN, OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS.

TBICK WATER-GUN.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Enasros DE MOULIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Bond and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Trick Water-Gun, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to trick guns and constitutes a division of anapplication for United States Letters Patent led by me on April 17,1909, Serial No. 490,505.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a gun of thetype set forth in the application referred to and which has a sightwhich is reversible and constitutes a discharge nozzle whereby a jet ofliquid or the like can be discharged either toward or away from theoperator.

Another object is to provide a gun of this character which is of simpleconstruction and the sight of which can be readily adjusted.

IVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a trickgun constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing theparts arranged to produce a forward discharge. Fig. 2 is an enlargedlongitudinal section through the front end of the gun and showing theparts arranged to produce a rearward discharge. Fig. 3 is a section online A-B, Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates thecasing or housing of an air rifle of the Daisy type and the stock of thegun has been indicated at 2 while the false barrel thereof has beendisclosed a-t 3.

Arranged within the false barrel is a transverse partition 4 dividingthe barrel into two compartments 5 and 6, the compartment or chamber 6serving to receive water when a plunger 7 within the chamber 6 isretracted and the rifle used as a water gun.

The various parts heretofore referred to are of the usual construction,and the present invention resides in the means employed for directingthe discharge through the gun sight.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed April 17, 1909, Serial No. 490,505.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Divided and this application led February 3,

Serial No. 541,719.

Arranged within the false barrel 3 is a true barrel 8 having its innerend threaded in an opening 9 in partition 4 and its outer end closed bymeans of a plug 10 and eXteriorly screw threaded, these threads engaginga threaded bore formed within a screw cap 11 which is screwed into thefalse barrel 3.

An exteriorly screw threaded nipple 12 extends upwardly from the barrel8 at a point adjacent the cap 11 and the threads on this nipple areengaged by threads formed within the lower end of a discharge tube 13forming the intermediate or short member of a T-shaped gun sight 14. Thesaid member is mounted for rotation within an aperture 15 formed in thefalse barrel 3 adjacent the cap 11 and the outer member 16 of the sightis also tubular and extends close to the barrel 3, there being apartition 17 within the said member 16 at a point adjacent one of theends thereof so that liquid or the like discharged into the tubularsight will escape from only one end thereof.

In operation the plunger 7 is retracted by manipulating the lever 18and, if the discharge end of the gun is submerged, liquid will be suckedback into the compartment 6 or, if preferred, the cap 11 and the barrel8 can be unscrewcd and the false barrel 3 filled with water prior to theretraction of the plunger. In either event the compartment 6 will becomefilled with liquid and with the various parts properly assembled, thegun is ready for use. `When it is desired to discharge a jet of liquidin a rearward direction, the sight 14 is turned upon the nipple 12 sothe discharge end thereof points toward the stock of the gun. When thetrigger 19 is pulled so as to release the plunger, the liquid contentsof the gun will be discharged through the barrel 8 and nipple 12 to thesight and thence rearwardly in the form of a jet which will strike theface of the operator. Should it be desired to produce a forwarddischarge, the sight 14 can be partly rotated so as to discharge in aforward direction. It will be seen that the adjustment of the sight forcontrolling the direction of the discharge can be very readily eectedand, as a matter of fact, the jet can be discharged in any desireddirection so as to hit either the operator or a person standing in anyposition relative to the gun.

What is claimed is :en

l. A trick gun having a reversible sight provided With a dischargepassage.

2. A trick gun having a revoluble sight provided With a dischargepassage.

3. A trick gun having a chamber to receive a projectable substance, aforwardly extending barrel communicating With said chamber, and a sightcommunicating With the interior of said barrel and having a dischargepassage, said sight being movahlj)7 10 mounted upon the barrel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERASTUS DE MOULIN.

Vitnesses:

H. C. DIEHL, A. B. SCHEELE.

